The Danida Fellows Network is open to all Danida fellows – including participants in Danida Fellowship Centre learning activities, Danida-funded researchers and PhD candidates, Master’s students, and university partnership participants. Their primary common denominator is their connection to Denmark and Danida Fellowship Centre, and collectively represent a tapestry of geographies, sector and profesional disciplines.
The Network is a network of networks: a constellation of self-organised national Danida fellows networks and emerging international thematic communities. These are led by volunteer fellows, often with support from Danish embassies.
At Danida Fellowship Centre, we see these networks and communities as important drivers of change. By connecting people across boundaries, networks can enable collective learning, collaboration, and action to address complex, interconnected challenges. Through our coordination role, we support fellow-led initiatives that strengthen connections, foster experimentation, and advance a shared ambition to influence change towards a more sustainable and equitable world.
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The very moment you have been accepted as a Danida fellow you are automatically part of the Danida Fellows Network. The Danida Fellows Network is open to all current and former participants in learning activities administered by Danida Fellowship Centre, Master’s students in Denmark financed by Danida and researchers associated with Danida-funded research projects.
Thus, it is a network of skilled professionals, academics and researchers working in different fields across the globe, all striving to influence change for a sustainable and more equitable world. There is no need to sign up, but do make sure you subscribe to the Danida Fellowship Centre newsletter for our latest updates on resources and opportunities.
Visit the interactive map showing all of the national Danida Fellows Networks and get in touch with the network coordinator in your country. Network coordinators are committed volunteers who lead local network activities and platforms. They will be able to connect you with Danida fellows and related opportunities near you.
If there is not yet a national network in your country, and you are interested in establishing one, then please reach out to us at nextstepnetworking@dfcentre.dk. We can share tips on what to consider and we can explore the potential together.
We regularly offer a virtual learning journey called ‘Learn Apply Act’ for past participants in Danida Fellowship Centre learning programmes. This series of online workshops is focused on enabling you to initiate your change-making journey within your local context and beyond. The ‘Learn Apply Act’ journey is currently offered by invitation only and you will receive an email from us, if you are eligible to apply.
We also regularly host other virtual webinars and events on a range of topics, often with input or insights from Danida fellows. Do sign up for our newsletter and follow Danida Fellowship Centre on social media to find out about them as they are announced.
Once a year, we publish a call for applications for Danida Fellows Networkers Grants that is open to all Danida fellows. These grants provide funds for small-scale initiatives that seek to foster dialogue, collaboration and action across stakeholders within an organisation or across a sector. Sign up for the Danida Fellowship Centre newsletter and follow us on social media to receive news about the next call.
If you are a Danida-supported researcher, you might find that a Science Engagement Grant is relevant for your work. We regularly publish calls for applications for the Science Engagement Grants.
At Danida Fellowship Centre, we see networks as a constellation of connected organisations and individuals, amongst whom information, stories and ideas flow in pursuit of making a difference.
A frequent misconception is that the work of developing networks is synonymous with ‘networking’. Although deliberately planned ‘networking activities’ may form part of network cultivation efforts, it takes much more than this to develop and sustain a network that is meaningful to its members over time.
Our approach to network cultivation is rooted in enabling network members to learn from and with each other, whilst striving to honour our network principles of working relationally, distributing leadership, taking agency, embracing emergence and applying democratic values.
